CHP News - President's Message - Health Physics Society

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Ed Maher, ScD, CHP 

I have been privileged to be the Academy’s President over 

the past year, and would like to take time to reflect back on 

what has been accomplished and what still needs to be 

done in 2008. First and foremost I’d like to thank other 

members of the Executive Committee, 

standing Committee Chairs, Committee 

Members, as well as the Appointees and 

Liaisons to the Academy for their 

steadfast support and hard work during 

2007. 

This is also one of my last opportunities 

to publicly thank and praise so many of 

you who have supported me and the 

pursuit of my goals. At the top of my list 

is our Program Director Nancy Johnson, 

who is the “wizard” behind the curtain 

that ensures the Academy serves its 

membership with such efficiency and 

personal warmth. I would also like to 

make especial acknowledgments to our 

Webmaster Scott Medling and to our 

Newsletter Editor Kyle Kleinhans, who 

both serve the Academy with complete dedication and 

professionalism, and who rarely get the praise they so 

deserve. 

January brings a change of leadership as Nancy Kirner, 

who takes the gavel at the Executive Committee’s meeting 

in Oakland. I’ve had the privilege of knowing and working 

with Nancy on ABHP and HPS Board issues for many 

years and I know she will be a superb Academy President. 

Please support Nancy in the upcoming year by serving on 

the Academy’s Committees or by saying ‘Yes’ if she asks 

for help, whatever the reason. Leaving the Executive 

Committee in January are Director Jim Yusko, Past- 

Treasurer Paul Stansbury, ABHP Chair Shawn Googins, 

and Past-President Jim Bogard. Thank you one and all for 

your faithful service. The new members being welcomed 

are Director Steve Rima, Secretary-Elect Dan Mantooth, 

incoming ABHP Chair Jim Tarpinian and AAHP 

President-Elect Dick Vetter. 

The Bylaws change that was passed this 

year will modify the definitions in 

Appendix 1 of the Bylaws of a Certified 

Health Physicist (CHP). The Bylaw 

change clarifies the requirement that 

CHPs must fulfill their recertification 

renewal process in order to represent 

themselves as CHPs. This is an 

important step forward and recognizes 

that the title “CHP” is contingent upon 

certification renewal and the obtainment 

of sufficient continuing education 

credits approved by the ABHP. 

I hope you were at the HPS Annual 

Meeting in Portland and attended the 

Academy’s Special Session, “Health 

Physics Education: Status of Academic 

Programs, Student Recruitment, Funding 

and Accreditation.” If you were not able to attend this 

excellent session organized by Past-President Jim Bogard, 

you can still see the visuals by pointing your web browser 

to the link under the AAHP Public Library heading on 

the Academy’s website. 

IN THIS ISSUE 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE…….…………………….1 

ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES……………………3 

OFFICER REPORTS…………………………………3 

COMMITTEE REPORTS……………………...…….5 

REPORT OF THE ABHP…………………………….8 

JOYCE P DAVIS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS......12 

Volume 17, Number 2 1 December 2007

CHP News 

2007 CHP SALARY SURVEY……………………..16 

Certificates and plaques were given to acknowledge 

outgoing members of our Board, Panel and Committee 

members at the Awards Luncheon in Portland. The 

William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award 

recipient this year was Kathy Pryor. Kathy has been a 

standout contributor to the Board, Exam Panels, Academy 

and HPS for many years. She is most deserving and an 

inexhaustible leader in so many areas of our profession. 

The Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award was not awarded 

this year. We have so many deserving members in the 

Academy that could have been nominated for either of 

these awards. Please consider nominating a deserving 

individual before March 1 st of each year. This would be the 

best way to thank those individuals who give so much of 

their precious time and energy for the betterment of us all. 

I urge you to learn more about these Awards and its past 

recipients by clicking the link under William A. 

McAdams Outstanding Service Award on our website. 

Speaking about personal recognition and awards, I’m 

pleased to report to you that the Executive Committee 

approved a motion at the Portland Annual Meeting that 

establishes an AAHP National Service Award to person(s) 

(including non-CHPs) who makes worthy and substantial 

contribution(s) to the Academy. The award recipient(s) 

would be selected by the current AAHP President and 

presented at the AAHP Luncheon during the Annual 

Meeting week. The AAHP Parliamentarian is drafting the 

Rule that establishes this National Service Award and the 

award should be in-place in time for the 2008 Annual 

Meeting. 

Academy membership increased slightly last year, with 

just over 1300 active CHPs. There were also 186 Emeritus 

members in 2007. I would like to acknowledge the efforts 

of Jim Willison who has been busy researching the “CHP 

archives” to update the contact information on Inactive, 

Nonactive and Emeritus members. The Academy’s 

investments remained very sound during the recent 

tumultuous market and more than three times our annual 

budget. See Treasurer Ed Bailey’s article in this CHP 

News for additional information. 

One of the Executive Committee’s ongoing initiatives is to 

redesign and update our website. In January 2008, the 

Academy will ‘roll out” one or more website redesigns 

that are intended to improve organization, presentation or 

accessibility which will ultimately result in a better look 

and feel for website users. We are looking for an “eye 

popping” website design that facilitates interaction 

between Academy membership and especially among 

AAHP Committee Members so that more Academy work 

can be completed and coordinated without the need for 

face-to-face meetings. Our first website was 

groundbreaking at the time and the envy of others. Now 

it’s time once again to make the AAHP website the “talk 

of the town” while building on the functionality of the 

present website. 

The Academy continues to support and participate in the 

InterSociety Forum on Resource Sharing. Its purpose is to 

explore opportunities for sharing resources to foster 

mutual interests for: funding K-12 science curricula; 

graduate student sponsorships; post-graduate RSO 

training and qualifications and certification standards for 

radiation safety specialties. This benefits the Academy by 

enhancing the pipeline for future radiation protection 

specialists, creating more continuing education 

opportunities for academy members, and encouraging 

collaborative efforts with the other societies in developing 

certification standards. I encourage future Academy 

Presidents to give their complete support to the Forum’s 

goals and objectives. 

Finally, I call your attention to the recently approved 

AAHP Strategic Plan. Paul Stansbury and his ad hoc 

committee just did a terrific job in aligning the Strategic 

Plan with the membership’s needs. The Plan was 

developed from a survey compiled from the respondents 

from 250 randomly selected diplomates that were polled 

about the benefits of Academy membership and desired 

Academy future activities. Please check out the Strategic 

Plan on the Academy’s Website! 

This is just a short summary of the Executive 

Committee’s current and planned activities. It’s been an 

absolute honor and a pleasure to be your President. I look 

forward to seeing everyone in Oakland for the 2008 

Midyear Topical Meeting. 

ABHP APPLICATION REMINDER: Complete applications to take either part of the 2008 ABHP 

examination must be filed with the Executive Secretary postmarked no later than January 15, 2008. 

More information can be found at: www.hps1.org/aahp/abhp/prospect.htm 


1.0 Call to Order 

President Ed Maher called the meeting to order at 1:00 

p.m. local time on July 7, 2007, and welcomed those 

present. 

2.0 Welcome to Members and Guests 

Executive Committee Members: 

Ed Bailey – Treasurer 

Jim Bogard – Past-President 

Earl Fordham – CRCPD Liaison 

Shawn Googins – ABHP Chair 

Nancy Johnson - Program Director 

Ken Kasper – Director 

Nancy Kirner – President-Elect 

Ed Maher - AAHP President 

Dan Mantooth – Secretary Designate 

Scott Medling – Web Master 

Robert Miltenberger - Secretary 

David Myers – Director and Parliamentarian 

Richard Vetter – President-Elect Designate 

James Yusko – Director 

Committee Chairs: 

Tom Buhl – Title Protection/Professional Recognition 

Sarah Hoover – Continuing Education 

Jay Maisler – Professional Development 

Carl Paperiello – Nominating 

2.1 Announcements 

The Parliamentarian verified that there was a quorum. 

3.0 Discussion and Approval of Agenda 

The meeting agenda and handout packet had been 

distributed electronically to the Executive Committee in 

advance of the meeting. 

4.0 Approval of Minutes of January 2007 Meeting 

Secretary Robert Miltenberger had provided a draft of the 

meeting minutes from the Executive Committee meeting 

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HEALTH PHYSICS 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Minutes of July 7-8, 2007 

Portland, OR 

held in January 2007 in Knoxville, TN. 

5.0 Reports of 2007 Officers 


5.1 President’s Report (Ed Maher) 

Ed summarized his written report which had been included 

in the meeting packet. Of particular interest, Ed mentioned 

the following: 

� The President’s GTTK document was revised to 

include the Awards and Recurring Committee due 

Dates list. Ed and Dave reminded all that it is their job 

to revise their GTTK document by the mid-year 

Executive Committee meeting. 

� The Bylaws change, approved by the Executive 

Committee was balloted and approved by the 

membership. This change modified the definition of a 

Certified Health Physicist and clarified the 

requirement that a CHP must fulfill their 

recertification renewal process in order to represent 

themselves as a CHP. 

� Ed prepared the ballot letter for the Academy 

Elections. 

� The LexisNexis contract was signed. The salary survey 

is to be open to members but non-members need to go 

through LexisNexis. The current practice of placing 

the salary survey on the open section of the website 

may need to be rethought. Currently, anyone can 

access this section (member or not). 

� The redesign of the AAHP-ABHP website was 

discussed with Brett Burk. One respondent’s ideas 

from the December CHP Corner article were 

forwarded to Brett Burk for evaluation. Money 

(~$4,000) was added to the budget regarding website 

design. 

� The President’s report was written and submitted. 

� There was a day long meeting of the InterSociety 

Forum for Resource Sharing and Education on May 17 

that I attended along with Nancy Johnson. The 

representatives from the organizations gathered to 

discuss: 



o Working with NSTA and AAPT to increase the 

awareness of health/medical physics careers 

among secondary school students 

o Joint Science Teacher Workshops 

o Funding of undergraduate and graduate 

programs in health and medical physics, nuclear 

engineering and industrial hygiene 

o 4-H science adventure camps; and, 

o Numerous other collaborative efforts with likeminded 

Societies. 

5.2 President-Elect (Nancy Kirner) 

Nancy summarized her written report which had been 

included in the meeting packet. Of particular interest, 

Nancy mentioned the following: 

� Spent significant time working on AAHP Committee 

assignments. 

� The largest part of the report was a reply to Susan 

Echaore-David, author of the book “Career 

Opportunities in Science”. This book was being 

revised for a second publication and Ms. Echaore- 

David was seeking information regarding career 

opportunities as a Health Physicist. This book has an 

audience of high school students. 

5.3 Past President (Jim Bogard) 

Jim summarized his written report which had been 

included in the meeting packet. Of particular interest, Jim 

mentioned the following: 

� The motion passed at the January, 2007 meeting in 

Knoxville giving LexisNexis Academic and Library 

Solutions (LNALS) access to the CHP Salary Survey 

information posted on our website was different than 

LexisNexis’ original request for access to “all 

editions/updates of CHP News.” The decision was 

made by the Executive Committee to give LexisNexus 

access to the web page they wanted. 

� After the LexisNexus contract was signed, provided 

them with instructions for obtaining the most recent 

CHP Salary survey results 

� Wrote a letter to Zach Wamp, member of the House 

Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water 

Development expressing concern about the 

Department of Energy’s proposed FY-2008 budget 

that would eliminate funding authorized by the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 for academic training of Health 

Physicists. The decision to send this letter to 

Congressman Wamp was prompted by a request from 

Keith Dinger, HPS Government Relations Liaison. 

Congressman Wamp responded that he would do his 

very best and encourage all of his colleagues to push 

the amount up as far as possible. 

� Reminded everyone of the July 10 th all-day special 

session on health physics education. The focus in the 

morning session is how to recruit and retain 

professionals in the face of job opportunities that can 

pay more money. The afternoon session deals with 

funding of education programs by DOE and other 

Governmental agencies. 

5.4 Secretary (Bob Miltenberger) 

Bob summarized his written report which had been 


Bob mentioned the following: 

� Finalized the Knoxville Executive Committee 

Meeting Minutes. 

� Finalized the Knoxville Executive Session of the 

Executive Committee minutes. 

� Made modifications to both the Secretary GTTK and 

SOP documents to address how to handle Executive 

Session minutes. 

� Summarized the balloting for officers and Bylaw 

vote. 

5.5 Treasurer (Ed Bailey) 

Ed summarized his written report which had been 


Ed mentioned the following: 

� Attended the May 2007 Finance Committee 

meeting. 

� The proposed FY 07-08 Budget is $233,095 which 

is a projected $64,445 deficit. However, the actual 

deficit is expected to be significantly less based on 

prior year’s experience. When the budget is 

discussed in detail under New Agenda topics, an 

estimate of the actual change in budget will be 

presented. 

� The fair market value of intermediate and long-term 

funds totals $624,879 as of February 28, 2007. This 

represents an increase of $57,897 (10.2%) from 

February 28, 2006. 

� The investment strategy matches the requirements of 

the SOP. 

� The long-term fund and intermediate-term fund 

performance is rated favorable (green) for the 

quarter ending February 28, 2007 as it has been for 

the 4 preceding quarters. The next evaluation is due 

to be conducted July 15, 2007. 

� As approved by the Executive Committee, the 

Treasurer has directed that Burk and Associates 

prepare formal financial statements as of February 

28 and August 31. These coincide with that 

Academy’s fiscal year, which ends August 31 and 


has quarters that end November 30, February 28 and 

May 31. 

� There was significant comment regarding if the 

Executive Committee was actually 

reviewing/adopting a budget or developing/adopting 

a financial plan when reviewing the Treasurer’s 

report and proposed “Budget”. The problem is that 

the committees request money assuming the worst 

case financial conditions while the actual values are 

generally better. Furthermore, the income to the 

Academy, from long and intermediate term 

investments is not factored in to the reports that are 

presented at the annual meeting. Although the 

practice of projecting income from the long and 

intermediate investment accounts had been done in 

the past, Tom Buhl stated that the practice had been 

modified about five or six years ago to show the 

operating budget and investment income separately 

for operational clarity. The topic will be discussed 

more in the Budget discussion under New Business. 

The issue is how can the Executive Committee 

authorize, as good stewards of the Academy 

resources, a negative budget which is 50% of the 

cash on hand value. 

5.6 Parliamentarian (Dave Myers) 

Dave summarized his written report which had been 


Dave mentioned the following: 

� The GTTK documents for the President-Elect, 

President, Treasurer, Secretary and Parliamentarian 

were submitted to the Webmaster for inclusion on 

the AAHP website. 

� The Electronic Balloting procedure was formatted, 

given the number 3.4.3 and submitted to the 

Webmaster for inclusion on the AAHP website. 

This procedure had been approved by the Executive 

Committee at the Knoxville Meeting. 

� A listing of AAHP courses that have been given at 

the annual meetings since 1988 was prepared and 

provided to Scott Medling. 

� Prepared and submitted to the Executive Committee 

a proposed revision of the Bylaws clarifying how an 

Inactive CHP may represent themselves. 

� Drafted the revision to Parliamentarian GTTK SOP 

6.2.7 to include the responsibility to submit a list of 

the topics and presenters from the AAHP Special 

Sessions at the HPS annual meetings to the 

Webmaster and request inclusion on the AAHP 

Website. 

� Reviewed SOPs 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 and determined that 

no changes are needed. 




6.0 Committee Correspondence and Reports 

6.1 Appeals Committee (Bob Cherry) 

The Appeals Committee submitted an informal report to 

Nancy Johnson reporting that there was no activity since 

the last Executive Committee meeting. 

6.2 Continuing Education Committee (Sarah 

Hoover) 

The Continuing Education committee did not submit a 

written report. The following verbal report was given: 

� The SOP for Continuing Educating Committee 

needs to be finalized and sent to Scott Medling. 

� The request for CECs is very cumbersome and needs 

to be more automated taking advantage of electronic 

medium. 

� Will be speaking with NRRPT on authorizing 

courses. 

The AAHP sponsored three all-day courses on July 7 th . 

The courses were: 

� AAHP 1 - Eight-hour OSHA Hazardous Waste 

Operations Refresher Training 

� AAHP 2 - Emergency Dose Assessment 

� AAHP 3 - Homeland Security Instrumentation for 

the Health Physicist 

In addition, there was a Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Special 

Session on Health Physics Education. 

6.3 Exam Site Selection Committee (Dawn 

Banghart) 

Dawn summarized her written report which had been 


Dawn mentioned the following: 

� The overall site selection process was successful and 

fifteen sites, three more than 2006, were secured. 

� Burnt Hills New York and Omaha Nebraska 

contacted the committee directly requesting to host 

the exam. 

� This year, the exam will be offered at Kincardine, 

Ontario. 

� Due to new security requirements at the traditional 

site and problems with long-term sustainability with 

the local chapter, this could be the last year that the 

exam is offered at Columbus Ohio. 

� There was also an overture from Mexico requesting 

that the ABHP Exam be given in Mexico. However, 

after the first request, there was no response from the 

requester when follow-up information was requested 

by the AAHP. 

6.4 Finance Committee (Paul Stansbury) 

Paul did not attend the meeting and the presentation was 

made by Ed Bailey. Ed summarized Paul’s written 

report which had been included in the meeting packet. 

Of particular interest, Ed mentioned the following: 

� The annual meeting was held on May 4, 2007. 

� The Statement of Cash and Investment Balances was 

reported as: 

o Short Term Funds - $125,852 

o Intermediate Funds - $ 123,707 

o Ratio (Short Term to Intermediate) – 1.09 

(Investment Policy Goal -1) 

o Long Term Funds - $347,089 

o Ratio (Long Term to Short plus Intermediate 

Term) – 1.63 

o (Investment Policy Goal - 1.5) 

� The Executive Session of the Finance Committee 

determined that a one-time bonus should be added to 

the budget Burk and Associates. This bonus was for 

$3,300 and was in addition to the cost of living 

increase of $2,120 that was awarded. 

� The FY08 has a budget deficit of $65,500. This was 

done because: 

o Historic predictions of sizeable shortfalls have 

not been realized. 

o Investments are likely to perform better than 

initially projected thus making a limited cost 

overrun tolerable. 

� The Finance Committee also wishes to point out that 

the Board’s budget requested $2,800 in the Budget 

to investigate Board accreditation with the 

International Standards Organization. This is not 

included and would require Executive Committee 

approval to be added to the budget. 

� The Finance Committee concurred that the 

investment advisor is doing very well for the 

Academy. 

6.5 Nominating Committee (Carl Paperiello) 

The Nominating committee did not submit a written 

report. The following verbal report was given: 

� A slate of candidates for AAHP vacancies was 

submitted in January. 

� Those selected were notified and those who were 

unsuccessful were notified and thanked for their 

participation. 

� The SOP and GTTK documents need to be revised 

to reflect current experiences. 

� Using the CHP Corner to call for nominations was 

not very successful. Direct contact with people 

seems to be the only way to get candidates. 

� Carl asked the Executive Committee members if 


they have any recommendations for officers. He 

would be happy to contact people who the Executive 

Committee recommended. 

� ABHP recommended two candidates for fulfilling a 

board member term 2008-2012: 

o Jack Higginbotham 

o Sharon Dossett 

The Nominating Committee voted to support the Board’s 

recommendation. 

Carl offered a Lessons Learned that just broadcasting a 

call for nominations gains you little to no nominations. 

Getting people to volunteer is much better handled in 

person. 

6.6 Professional Development Committee (Jay 

Maisler) 

Jay summarized his written report which had been 


Jay mentioned the following: 

� Efforts will be initiated following the Annual HPS 

meeting to discuss SQ/P revisions on qualifications 

for Healthcare RSOs with the AAPM, ACR and 

SNM. 

� Work has begun to develop a SQ/P for CHPs 

serving as expert witnesses. This document is 

anticipated by the end of 2007. Ed Bailey offered to 

have Barbara Hamrick review the text. 

� Two other topics remain on the agenda: Developing 

a Brochure on “Why Become a CHP” and review of 

the quality of PEP classes in coordination with the 

Continuing Education Committee. 

6.7 Professional Standards & Ethics Committee 

(Paul Rohwer) 

The written report had been included in the meeting 

packet. The key issue from this committee was that 

there will be no Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award this 

year. The Committee plans to nominate a candidate 

next year. 

6.8 Title Protection Committee (Tom Buhl) 

Tom summarized his written report which had been 


Tom mentioned the following: 

� The AIHA has decided to eliminate some of the 

titles that they initially wanted protected. This has 

temporarily somewhat slowed the effort. The 

AIHA has 19 states that provide title protection. 

The CSP has 9 states that provide title protection. 

Currently, AAHP has one. 


� Currently, Georgia has passed the requested 

legislation including AAHP. 

� Members of four State legislatures (Connecticut, 

Virginia, Nevada and Wisconsin) were approached 

during the past winter to identify sponsors for title 

protection/professional recognition legislation. To 

date, one state has expressed interest. 

� A CHP Corner article has been prepared and was 

published in the July issue. 

� The Title Protection/Professional Recognition 

Committee is meeting the week of July 9 to discuss 

further action. More local involvement is required 

at the Chapter level to testify when legislation is 

introduced. 

6.9 Ad Hoc Trademark Committee (Frazier 

Bronson) 

Frazier summarized his written report which had been 


Frazier mentioned the following: 

� “Certified Health Physicist” was rejected for some 

minor technical matters in the application. 

Resubmitting with the corrections should result in 

successful registration. 

� “CHP design” logo on pin was also rejected for 

some minor technical matters in the wording of the 

application and in the drawing (photo) of the pin. 

Resubmitting with the corrections should result in 

successful registration. 

� “CHP” initials was rejected because the evidence of 

use we submitted (business cards with CHP 

following a name) would be perceived by the public 

as being an educational degree. Currently, no 

documents have been found with evidence of the 

initials used in commerce in a manner other than 

following a name. Frazier suggests that diplomates 

add “CM [in superscript]” after CHP to notify the 

reader that this is a special use of the mark other 

than as a title, to build the case for a resubmission. 

6.10 Liaisons’ Reports 

6.10.1 ABMP – No report 

6.10.2 CRCPD (Earl Fordham) 

Ruth McBurney, CHP, is the new executive director. 



6.10.3 Health Physics Society (Kathy Shingleton) 

The HPS Board is meeting on July 8 and there was no 

information to pass to the Executive Committee at this 

time. 

6.10.4 NRRPT (David Biela) 

David summarized his written report which had been 


David mentioned the following: 

� David will be transitioning in as Chairman of the 

NRRPT in January 2008. 

� The NRRPT is sending representation to the Candu 

Owner’s Group Meeting in Toronto – August 27 to 29, 

2007 

� The NRRPT is pursuing RRPT recognition by the 

DOE in the next revision of the DOE RadCon Manual 

� The NRRPT is looking into records retention and is 

seeking guidance regarding how long they need to 

keep testing information 

� The NRRPT has begun working with high school 

counselors to develop PowerPoint presentations and 

handouts for high school students. These handouts are 

designed to inform the student of future opportunities 

in the area of radiation protection. 

� The NRRPT is interesting in assisting with 

information dissemination. Their newsletter is not 

blessed with too many articles. 

� The NRRPT is not looking at on-line testing because 

of cost. 

� The NRRPT is looking at ISO certification. They 

don’t think they can meet all the requirements but will 

try to meet as many as they can. 

� The total number of registered technicians is about 

4,600 individuals with about 1,300 active technicians. 

7.0 Reports from the Editor & Webmaster 

7.1 Newsletter Editor (Kyle Kleinhans) 

The written report had been included in the meeting 

packet, the highlights included: 

� More articles are being generated than can be used. 

This is a very good thing. Thanks to all who have 

contributed. As a result of this, the CHP Corner was 

expanded to 2 pages from February to June 2007. 

� The periodic reminder notification to individuals with 

commitments due has been very useful to those who 

submit articles. 


7.2 Webmaster (Scott Medling) 

Scott summarized his written report which was distributed 

at the meeting. Of particular interest, Scott mentioned the 

following: 

� General hits in the website are down. 

� Exam website hits are increasing. 

� Getting forms was increased. 

� The salary survey for 2006 is up and ready for 

viewing. 

� Part II questions for the 2007 exam were balloted 

using the website. 

� The website also has the inventory of historical exam 

questions. 

� AAHP elections and Bylaw voting was done 

electronically. 

� SOP 2.4.2 was reviewed and no changes were 

identified. 

Nancy Kirner expressed thanks to Scott Medling for all the 

behind the scenes work that he does on the website. 

8.0 Report of the American Board of Health 

Physics (Shawn Googins) 

Shawn summarized his written report which had been 


Shawn mentioned the following: 

8.1 Participated in 10CFR35 issue related activities: 

� A review of the credentials for certification identified 

that 2005 was the first year that the Board could 

certify that a CHP met the new 10CFR35 requirements 

to be an RSO at medical institutions. This means that 

people certified before this year had participated in the 

alternative qualification path. What this means is that 

53 of our roughly 1300 CHPs meet the new 

requirements. 

� Worked on the e-mail campaign, jointly sponsored by 

the AAHP and ABHP, to get support for the public 

rulemaking petition by the American Association of 

Physicists in Medicine AAPM-RPM-35-20. 

� On behalf of the AAHP and ABHP, attended a 

Brainstorming session with representatives from the 

HPS, ABR, ACMP, AAPM, ASTRO, Washington 

University, etc. to discuss strategy for addressing 

concerns with training and education requirements in 

10CFR35. 

� 10CFR35, AAPM-PRM-35-20, Comment Summary, 

there were 166 responses: 

o 164 supported the proposal; 

o 1 opposed the proposal; and, 

o 1 was unclear 

o 156 responses were from individuals and 10 

responses were from groups 


o 130 responses identified themselves as CHPs 

o 22 identified themselves as RSOs 

o 21 identified themselves as a member of ABR 

o 12 identified themselves as a member of ABMP 

The Board is waiting for a response to AAPM-RPM-35- 

20. They are expecting a written response in several 

months. 

As a general comment, an e-mail campaign with a short 

turn-around time garners a better response than a request 

in the CHP Corner. 

8.2 Prepared the 2007 Exam. Shawn acknowledged 

the outstanding efforts of Gus Potter and Rob 

Forrest (Panel Chairs). 

8.3 The Board took a close look at descriptive, 

multiple choice and calculational questions. Long 

term, there does not appear to be any difference in 

pass rate from year to year irrespective of the 

number of descriptive or calculational questions. 

For the past 10 years, there has been about 300 

points available to the candidates from descriptive 

questions and about 350 points available from 

calculational questions. 

8.4 The Part II Panel can recycle up to 75% of prior 

questions from the closed (since 2003) question 

bank. 

8.5 Shawn coordinated and participated in the “wise 

person” review of the 2007 Part II ABHP exam. 

The other participants were Robert Cherry and 

Kathryn Pryor. Shawn thanks Bob and Kathy for 

their participation. 

8.6 The Part I questions, thrown out due to potentially 

being compromised, have been reworked and reintroduced 

into the bank. After the potentially 

compromised questions were removed, there was 

an initial decline in the performance (pass rate) on 

the exam. Recently, the performance has begun to 

increase. The Board interprets the increased pass 

rate as a better wording of the questions. 

8.7 Began investigating the possibility of online 

automated testing for Part I exam. The company 

currently being examined is KRYTERION. The 

idea is that the Part I exam could be administered 

at something like a Sylvan Learning center under 

proctored conditions. The Board has established 

an Ad Hoc committee to investigate this option 

further. Currently the AMA, ABIH, AIHA, CSP, 

ABR and other medical institutes are using this 

approach. The Board expects to be able to discuss 

this better after their Fall Meeting. 

8.8 Gathered information related to ISO/ANSI 



certification of our CHP exam Process. The key 

points are: 

� Twenty eight countries are implementing this 

standard. 

� The CSP is accredited to this standard and the 

AIHA has submitted a full application. 

� There is an initial fee of $12,000 to $15,000 to 

cover the site visit, application review and report. 

� There is an annual maintenance fee of $2,500 to 

$15,000 scaled to the revenue of the certifying 

body. (We would be at the lower end of the scale.) 

� A pre-evaluation is available at a cost of $1,250 

per day plus expenses. (ABHP evaluation is 

estimated to be between $2,500 and $3000. 

� The ANSI certification appears to deal with 

documentation, security and many other attributes. 

The CESB accreditation is mainly concerned with 

fairness to all candidates (do all candidates get the 

same information regarding the exam, are there 

written procedures, is the grading process fair and 

are the results kept confidential). 

� The ABHP has submitted a budget request of 

$2,500 to conduct the pre-evaluation. 

At this time, the ABHP suggests we the AAHP 

Executive Committee discuss this potential course 

of action (pursuing ISO/ANSI certification), 

authorize the $2,500 expenditure for determining 

how close we are to ISO/ANSI accreditation but 

continue maintaining accreditation with the CESB. 

After the ISO/ANSI evaluation, the Executive 

Committee could determine if the ISO/ANSI path 

is a realistic alternative to CESB. 

Additional Financial Analysis CESB vs. 

ISO/ANSI Pathway: 

o CESB - $5,000 annual cost with 5 year cycle 

cost of $25,000 

o ISO/ANSI 

o Pre-evaluation $2,500 

o Initial Fee ~$13,000 

o Annual fee $2,500 (years 2,3,4,5) - $10,000 

o Three year site visit $2,500 to $3,000 

o Approximate 5 year cycle cost $26,000 - 

$30,000 

Major benefits are wider base for recognition, 

increased visibility internationally, and expand 

AAHP certification credentials. 

8.9 Coordinated with HPS to make them aware of the 

HPS being classified as a “Significantly Affected 

Organization” for Health and Human Services ethics 

considerations. This is a conflict of interest issue. 

The potential impact is that people working for HHS 

related facilities may not be eligible for participation 

in HPS, AAHP or ABHP activities. The HPS is 

working to have the HPS removed from the list of 

Significantly Affected Organization. 

8.10 The CHP exam will be conducted on Monday, July 

9 th . The Part I exam will be administered between 

the hours of 8:00 am until 11:00 am. The Part II 

exam will be administered between the hours of 

12:30 pm until 6:30 pm. The candidate statistics are: 

o 112 candidates are sitting for Part I. 

o 90 candidates are sitting for Part II. 

o 39 candidates are sitting for both Parts. 

By comparison to the candidates who actually sat for 

the 2006 exam, this year, there is one more person 

scheduled to take Part I and 6 fewer persons 

scheduled to take Part II. 

8.11 The 2007 William McAdams Award recipient is 

Kathy Pryor. There were 18 nominations using the 

e-mail call for nominations. 

8.12 The following new Officers for the Panels and Board 

(terms beginning 1 January 2008 were announced: 

o Part I Panel 

Anthony Huffert – Chair 

Jerry Hensley - Vice Chair 

New members with terms ending in 2011: 

Beth Hilt 

Mike Stabin 

Scott Nichelson 

o Part II Panel 

Pat LaFrate – Part II Panel Chair 

Mark “Andy” Miller- Part II Vice Chair 

New members with terms ending in 2011: 

Kelly Ausbrooks 

Joseph Guido 

Gregory Jones 

Part II Panel Members extended with new 

terms ending in 2011: 

Herman Cember 

Toshide Ushino 

Govind Rao 

o Board Officers 

Jim Tarpinian - Chair 

Kent Lambert – Vice Chair 

Trish Milligan - Secretary 

Cheryl Olson – Parliamentarian 

9.0 Report of the Secretariat (Nancy Johnson) 


Nancy summarized her written report which had been 


Nancy mentioned the following: 

� There were 294 applications processed. 

� Notified all candidates about their applications 

approval/disapproval. 

� Coordinated 2007 exam sites with the Exam Site 

Committee. 

� Mailed final exam packets to candidates. 

� Mailed 2007 exams and materials to proctors at 15 

sites. 

� Processed Recertification Applications. 

� Processed Continuing Education Course Approval 

applications. 

� Coordinated 2007 Bylaws and Officers Ballots with 

Webmaster and Secretary. 

� Sent notification to all due for recertification this year. 

� Prepared and distributed Budget Requests. 

� Met with Finance Committee to prepare the proposed 

2007-08 budget. 

� Attended InterSociety Forum as an AAHP 

Representative. 

� Prepared and distributed Agenda Packets for the 

ABHP and AAHP meetings. 

� Prepared certificates of appreciation and plaques for 

distribution at the 2007 Awards Luncheon. 

10.0 Old Business 

10.1 ABHP/AAHP Website Redesign (Ed Maher) 

About a year ago, a facelift project was initiated for the 

AAHP website. From the December Newsletter article, 

two comments were received. These comments were given 

to Brett Burk who will subcontract the task of redoing the 

AAHP website. The goals are to make it more user 

friendly and more functional for the committees. For 

example, the continuing education committee could 

authorize courses and the course list be automatically 

updated. Procedure reviews and SQ/Ps could be placed 

there for review and comment. There is $4,000 in the 

budget to complete this activity. 

10.2 Revision of Parliamentarian GTTK Document 

(David Myers) 

The proposed revision to GTTK SOP 6.2.7, “GTTK 

document for Parliamentarian” with proposed marked-up 

revisions was included in the agenda package. This change 

requires that the Parliamentarian update the AAHP list of 

courses provided and presenters to the Web master. No 

action required. This is an information topic. 

11.0 New Business 


11.1 Budget Approval (Paul Stansbury/Ed Bailey) 

The proposed FY 07-08 Budget is $236,095 which is a 

projected $64,445 deficit. However, the actual deficit is 

expected to be significantly less based on prior year’s 

experience. 

11.2 Replacement ABHP Member (Carl 

Paperiello) 

The Board and Nominating Committee recommend that 

Jack Higginbotham be the Board Replacement. It was 

noted that no resumes were distributed and the 

qualifications of each candidate were verbally presented by 

Shawn Googins. Also, Jack was serving a shortened term 

vacated by Liz Brackett. The other candidate’s resume, 

Sharon Dossett, was reviewed verbally. After review of 

candidate qualifications the Executive Committee voted. 

11.3 InterSociety Meeting on Resource Sharing (Ed 

Maher) 

Ed Maher discussed that mostly foreign students take 

physical science studies. The question is how to increase 

US participation in the physical sciences. The National 

Science Foundation determined that children make up their 

mind on science related careers by junior high school. 

The teacher’s association asked the InterSociety what we 

thought students should know about radiation science and 

health at grades 6, 9 and 12. 

A second issue discussed at the InterSociety meeting was 

continuing education courses given by professional 

societies who participate in the InterSociety activities. 

The CRCPD G-55 Committee Report was presented for 

information only. The G-55 committee responded to a 

request by the CRCPD Board of Directors to develop a 

guidance document for refresher/continuing education 

training for state radiation program personnel. The G-55 

Committee made the following recommendation: 

� A continuing education program is for personnel who 

have already completed specific state requirements for 

initial training. 

� Training content should include a minimum of two 

different technical areas related to job responsibilities, 

or as directed by a supervisor. 

� Continuing education training required for radiation 

program staff should be a minimum of 36 continuing 

education units (CEC) for each three year period after 

meeting initial qualifications. 



� Recognize documentation of successful completion of 

courses that have been evaluated by a CEC granting 

organization. 

� To meet CEC recommendations, documentation to 

determine the acceptability for in-house training 

should include the following: 

o Dates of training 

o Contact hours 

o Course outline/agenda 

o Learning objectives 

o Instructor qualifications 

o Identification of training provider 

o Documentation of successful completion of 

training 

� Recognize on-the-job training (OJT) activities when 

documented as in-house training. 

� Recognize successful completion of job related 

technical coursework from accredited institutions. 

� With the acknowledgement that some CEC granting 

organizations have varying hours per CEC, the 

recommendation is to recognize that one contact hour 

should equal one CEC. 

11.4 ACMUI Meeting (Joint session with ABHP) 

(Kent Lambert/Shawn Googins) 

Kent Lambert provided a statement regarding the ABHP 

concern’s over the NRC regulations. The ABHP contends 

that there should be no distinction between CHPs certified 

at different dates. 

The Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes 

(ACMUI) expressed concern about the NRC’s “overly 

burdensome and impractical implementation of the 

administrative process associated with the T&E 

requirements” in 10CFR35. Some of the issues identified 

were: 

� individual professional liability for individuals signing 

the preceptor statements 

� the requirement of a second, duplicative attestation 

from an individual preceptor. 

� Licensing authorities (NRC regions and Agreement 

States) are requiring facilities to verify the details of 

the assertions made in the preceptor statement. 

� Practical problems confronting both the applicant and 

the potential preceptor: 

o Institutions do not permit staff to comment on the 

work related skills of former employees other than 

to verify dates of employment; 

o Institutions are coming under pressure to provided 

preceptor statements for Board Certified 

individuals. To do this, the institution is relying 

on the Board Certifying institution. The group 

believes this to be duplicative. 

� Recognition of Board Certifying groups is not 

universal. Some have specific dates when an 

acceptable process is in place. Proving an equivalent 

process is burdensome and unnecessary. 

11.5 January 2008 Meeting Date 

The Academy January 2008 Meeting Date is January 27, 

2008 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. A motion to adjourn and 

reconvene the Executive Committee at the Oakland midyear 

meeting was approved. 

12.0 Adjournment 

ABHP APPLICATION REMINDER: Complete applications to take either part of the 2008 ABHP 

examination must be filed with the Executive Secretary postmarked no later than January 15, 2008. More 

information can be found at: www.hps1.org/aahp/abhp/prospect.htm 

Address contributions for CHP News and “CHP Corner” to: 

Kyle Kleinhans, CHP 

Work: 865-919-8525 

E-mail: kleinhansk@p2s.com 

Harry Anagnostopoulos, CHP 

Work: 702-295-3489 

FAX: 702-295-2025 

E-mail: H.Anagnostopoulos@NV.DOE.GOV 


2008 Call for Nominations 

Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award 

Paul Rohwer, Chair, Professional Standards and 

Ethics Committee 

The American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP) has 

established the Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award in 

recognition of her dedication to the advancement of health 

physics and her humanitarian efforts to uphold the ethics 

of the profession. The recipient of this award should 

demonstrate excellence in professional achievement as 

well as being admired for ethical behavior and 

interpersonal skills. 

The eligibility requirements are: 

1. A member of AAHP for at least 10 years, 

2. A champion of professional standards and ethics, and 

3. Has provided exemplary professional service to the 

AAHP or the American board of Health Physics 

(ABHP). 


Any member of the Academy can make nominations for 

the award. Selection criteria are presented in AAHP 

Standard Operating Procedure 2.7.2, Rev 1, which can be 

found on the AAHP web site. The previous recipients of 

the award are John J. Kelly, James E. Tarpinian, and Carol 

D. Berger. The award will be presented at the AAHP 

luncheon during the 53rd Health Physics Society Annual 

Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, July 13-17, 2008. Nominations 

should include a brief biographical resume of the 

nominee’s career and service to the profession and AAHP, 

a nomination letter, and at least three reference letters in 

support of the nomination from AAHP members. 

Nominations must be submitted to the AAHP Nominating 

Committee (2008 Chair Kathryn Pryor, 

kathy.pryor@pnl.gov) on or before 10 February 2008. 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HEALTH PHYSICS 

Voting Members of the Executive Committee - 2007 

PRESIDENT 

Edward F. Maher (’08) 

(978)264-0954 Work/Home 

(978)635-3952 FAX 

edward.f.maher@verizon.net 

emaher@moellerinc.com 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 

Nancy P. Kirner (’09) 

(253)927-3663 Work 

kirner@harbornet.com 

PAST PRESIDENT 

James S. Bogard (’07) 

(865)574-5851 Work 

(865)574-1778 FAX 

bogardjs@ornl.gov 

NOTE: Term expires at the end of the year indicated. 

SECRETARY 

Robert P. Miltenberger (’08) 

(505)845-0904 Work 

(505)284-8874 FAX 

rpmilte@sandia.gov 

TREASURER 

Edgar D. Bailey (’09) 

(512)934-2357 

edbaileychp@msn.com 

MEMBER 

Kenneth M. Kasper (’09) 

(884)235-3694 Work 

kkasper@energysolutions.com 

MEMBER 

&PARLIAMENTARIAN 

David S. Myers (’08) 

(925)443-1279 Home 

davesmyers1@comcast.net 

MEMBER 

James G. Yusko (’07) 

(412)442-4000 Work 

(412)442-5246 Fax 

jyusko@state.pa.us 

PAST-TREASURER 

Paul S. Stansbury (’07) 

(509)375-6937 Work 

(509)375-2019 Fax 

paul.stansbury@pnl.gov 

pssurfer@pocketinet.com 

ABHP CHAIR, EX-OFFICIO 

MEMBER 

Shawn W. Googins (’07) 

(860)781-6099 

sgoogins@googins.org 



ABMP: 

Dean W. Broga (1/07 through 12/09) 

(804)828-5877 Work 

broga@hsc.vcu.edu 

ABMP: 

Steven H. King (1/04 through 12/07) 

(717)531-8765 Work 

(717)531-3641 FAX 

sking@psu.edu 

Appeals 

Robert N. Cherry, Chair (’08) 

(210)313-0952 

bobcherry@satx.rr.com 

Gregory Hall (’07) 

Nicholas Panzarino (’09) 

Continuing Education 

Sarah B. Hoover, Chair ('08) 

(505)665-4224 

shoover@lanl.gov 

Roy Craft (’07) 

Louise Buker (’09) 

David Hearnsberger (’09) 

Scottie Walker (’09) 

Exam Site 

Dawn Banghart, Chair (‘07) 

dawnb@stanford.edu 

Matthew G. Arno (’08) 

Larry R. Sanders (’08) 

Anthony Sorensen (’07) 

AAHP Liaisons - 2007 

ABMP: 

Jean M. St. Germain (1/06 through 

12/08) 

(212)639-7390 Work 

(212)717-3010 FAX 

stgermaj@mskcc.org 

CRCPD: 

Earl Fordham 

(509)946-0234 Work 

(509)946-0876 FAX 

earl.fordham@gmail.com 

AAHP Committee Listing - 2007 

Finance 

Paul S. Stansbury, Chair (’07) 

(509)375-6937 Work 

(509)375-2019 Fax 

paul.stansbury@pnl.gov 

pssurfer@pocketinet .com 

Edgar Bailey (’09) 

Shawn Googins (’07) 

Nominating 

Carl J. Paperiello, Chair (‘07) 

(301)415-1705 

drcjp1@aol.com 

Keith Anderson (’09) 

Stephen Brown (’07) 

Daniel Burnfield (’08) 

Steven King (’09) 

Kyle Kleinhans (’08) 

Kathryn Pryor (’07) 

L. Max Scott (’08) 

Jim Tarpinian (ABHP Vice Chair) 

(’07) 

HPS: 

Kathleen L. Shingleton 

(925)422-5172 

Shingleton2@llnl.gov 

NRRPT: 

Dave Kent 

(740)897-2572 Work 

dkent@lpports.com 

Professional Development 

Jay Maisler, Chair ('07) 

(813)962-1800 

jmaisler@earthlink.net 

Cindy Bloom (’08) 

Kevin Buckley (’07) 

Edward A. Christman (’09) 

Thomas E. Johnson (’09) 

Jeffrey Kotsch (’08) 

Professional Standards & Ethics 

Paul Rohwer, Chair (‘08) 

(865)483-1879 

PaulSandyR@aol.com 

Karen Barcal (’09) 

Regis Greenwood (’08) 

Debra McCroskey (’07) 

Cheryl Olson (’07) 

Title Protection/Professional 

Recognition 

Tom Buhl, Chair (’07) 

(505)471-0121 

tombuhl@comcast.net 

Kathleen Dinnel-Jones (’09) 

Kenneth Fleming (’08) 

Judson Kenoyer (’07) 

Scott Kirk (’08) 

Jay Maisler (’07)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR 

Nancy Johnson 

(703)790-1745 ext. 25 Work 

(703)790-2672 FAX 

njohnson@burkinc.com 

AAHP Appointed Positions - 2007 

NEWSLETTER EDITOR 

Kyle Kleinhans 

(865) 919-8525 

kleinhansk@p2s.com 

WEBMASTER 

E. Scott Medling 

(949)368-7492 Work 

(949)203-2274 FAX 

Scott.medling@sce.com 


_______________________________________________________ 

AMERICAN BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICS - 2007 

CHAIR 

Shawn W. Googins ’08 

(860)781-6099 

sgoogins@googins.org 

VICE CHAIR 

James E. Tarpinian ‘09 

Work (614)424-3203 

Fax (614)458-3203 

tarpinianj@battelle.org 

NOTE: Term expires at the end of the year indicated. 

SECRETARY 

Jack F. Higginbotham ‘07 

Work (541)737-7068 

Fax (541)737-0480 

jack.higginbotham@oregonstate.edu 

PARLIAMENTARIAN 

Cheryl L. Olson ’10 

Work (505)665-1183 

clo@lanl.gov 

MEMBER 

Jerry W. Hiatt ‘08 

Work (508)746-6464 ext 1286 

Home (508)447-0924 

Fax (508)746-8588 

jhiatt@bartlettinc.com 

MEMBER 

Kent Lambert ‘11 

Work (215)762-8768 

Fax (215) 762-3722 

kent.lambert@drexel.edu 

MEMBER 

Patricia A. Milligan ‘09 

Work (301)415-2223 

Fax (301)415-2968 

Pamm718@aol.com 

pxm@nrc.gov 

MEMBER 

Nora A. Nicholson ‘10 

Work (540)894-2071 

Fax (540)894-2408 

Nora.Nicholson@dom.com 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR 

Nancy Johnson 

Work (703)790-1745 ext 25 

Fax (703)790-2672 

njohnson@burkinc.com


AMERICAN BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICS - 2007 

PART 1 PANEL OF EXAMINERS 

Robert D. Forrest, Chair 

(215)898-2109 Work 

(215)898-0140 FAX 

rforrest@ehrs.upenn.edu 

Anthony M. Huffert, Vice Chair 

(301)415-7000 Work 

(301)415-5398 FAX 

amh1@nrc.gov 

Joseph M. Greco, Past Chair 

(585)924-0350 Work 

(585)924-5765 FAX 

joeg@upstatemp.com 

PART 2 PANEL OF EXAMINERS 

Charles A. Potter, Chair 

(505)844-2750 Work 

capotte@sandia.gov 

Patrick J. LaFrate, Jr., Vice Chair 

(925)423-2693 Work 

(925)423-0415 FAX 

lafrate2@llnl.gov 

Govind R. Rao, Past Chair 

(865)576-1182 Work 

(865)574-8558 FAX 

zga@ornl.gov 

MEMBERS 

Jackson R. Ellis, (’09) 

Robert D. Forrest, (‘08) 

Joseph M. Greco, (‘07) 

Jerry R. Hensley, Jr., (‘07) 

Beth Hilt, (’07) 

Michael W. Hinz, (’08) 

Anthony M. Huffert, (’09) 

Victoria R. Morris, (’08) 

William Rhodes, (’10) 

Jay Tarzia, (‘10) 

James Willison, (’10) 

MEMBERS 

Camille Abboud, (‘08) 

John E. Buddenbaum, (’08) 

David W. Burkett, (’09) 

Bob Burkhart (’10) 

Herman Cember (’07) 

Jeffrey A. Chapman, (’10) 

Christine A. Donahue, (’09) 

Wayne C. Gaul, (’09) 

Willie O. Harris, Jr., (’09) 

Sunita Kamboj, (’07) 

Kenneth V. Krieger (’10) 

Patrick J. LaFrate, Jr., (’08) 

Robert T. May, (‘10) 

David McLaughlin, (’09) 

Daniel I. Menchaca, (’09) 

Mark A. Miller, (‘10) 

Ronald L. Mlekodaj, (’09) 

Hans Oldewage, (’10) 

Timothy Paul, (‘07) 

Charles A. Potter, (‘07) 

Dennis M. Quinn, (’10) 

Govind R. Rao, (‘07) 

Casper Sun, (‘08) 

Krzysztof Szornel, (’09) 

Johnafred Thomas, (’09) 

David Tucker, (’09) 

Toshihide Ushino, (‘07) 

lume 17, Number 2 16 December 2007

Introduction 

The 2007 Certified Health 

Physicist (CHP) survey data was 

collected by having CHPs submit 

their responses to survey questions 

on a web- based data entry form. 

As was done in previous years, 

data was collected in coordination 

with a salary survey of the entire 

Health Physics Society (HPS). 

Chris Graham and Andy King will 

report the HPS salary survey 

results separately in the Health 

Physics Newsletter. 

The survey was also available in 

hardcopy form for those who 

preferred to fax or mail their 

responses. 

Questions about this survey 

should be directed to Gary 

Lautenschlager, via email: 

chpsalarysurvey@yahoo.com 

Data Analysis 

The salary ranges marked by 

CHPs on the completed survey 

forms were rounded to the 

midpoints of those ranges before 

statistical analyses were 

performed. For example, if a CHP 

marked the salary range $50,000 

to $52,499; their salary was 

rounded to the midpoint value of 

$51,250. 

Responses from CHPs who were 

either part time or retired were not 

THE 2007 CHP SALARY SURVEY 

Gary Lautenschlager 

analyzed, since the data did not 

appear to allow meaningful 

comparisons to be made. 

To avoid skewing the results, data 

from two survey respondents were 

excluded from the data analysis 

because they indicated that they 

earned more than $178,750 per 

year. 

Of 96 respondents who reported 

receiving a significant (10 % or 

more) salary increase upon 

attaining ABHP certification: 30% 

received this increase from their 

current employer, 22% from a 

promotion with their current 

employer, 42% received this 

increase from a new employer, 2% 

received this increase from parttime 

consulting, and 4% did not 

answer. 

CHP salaries by region are also 

presented in this report. 

Data Presentation 

In an effort to make the results of the 


survey interesting and useful, 

CHPs were subcategorized in 

several ways by education, 

primary job responsibility, years 

of experience, and combinations 

of these subcategories. 

Readers are cautioned that for 

statistical validity, results are 

given only if there were 10 or 

more CHPs within that 

subcategory. Data presented for 

one subcategory of CHPs may not 

be possible for another 

subcategory. 

The subcategories in the tables 

may also change from year to 

year, depending on the number of 

responses received. Every effort 

was made to keep the 

subcategories consistent with 

previous surveys, but if there were 

an insufficient number of CHPs 

the results are not given. 

Tables and Figures 

Tables show results for full-time 

CHPs who received health, 

vacation, and retirement benefits 

from their primary employer 

unless otherwise noted. 

Histograms of the data shown in 

Table 1- All CHPs, Table 2 - 

Masters Health Physics, and Table 

4 – All CHPs >15 Years 

Experience are included as Figures 

1, 2, and 3 respectively. 



All of the following tables are for fulltime CHPs with health, vacation, and retirement benefits unless 

otherwise indicated. 

Table 1: All CHPs 

All CHPs Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

CHPs 367 $108,583 $106,250 $175,000 $48,750 $22,683 

Table 2: CHPs by Education and Field 

Education Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

Bachelors Health Physics 19 $106,908 $103,750 $131,250 $83,750 $13,485 

Bachelors Other Field 46 $101,902 $101,250 $141,250 $71,250 $15,894 

Masters Health Physics 168 $109,040 $106,250 $175,000 $56,250 $22,832 

Masters Other Field 35 $109,393 $106,250 $173,750 $63,750 $24,241 

Masters Nuclear Engineering 22 $109,091 $98,750 $146,250 $76,250 $21,867 

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering 15 $112,250 $106,250 $171,250 $66,250 $28,657 

Ph.D. Other Field 25 $111,950 $108,750 $168,750 $58,750 $30,186 

Ph.D. Health Physics 26 $111,442 $106,250 $168,750 $76,250 $21,794 

Table 3: CHPs by Education and 6-15 Years Experience 

Edu & 6-15 Yrs Experience Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

All CHPs 6-15 yrs Experience 74 $100,574 $98,750 $151,250 $56,250 $19,428 



Table 4: CHPs by Education and >15 Years Experience 

Edu & >15 Yrs Experience Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

All CHPs >15 yrs Experience 288 $110,673 $108,750 $175,000 $48,750 $22,705 

Bachelors Health Physics 15 $107,750 $111,250 $131,250 $83,750 $14,663 



Masters Nuclear Engineering 16 $112,344 $108.750 $146,250 $76,250 $21,698 




Table 5: CHPs by U.S. Regions* 

CHPs by Region Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

Northeast 48 $109,688 $103,750 $168,750 $58,750 $26,731 

Midwest 49 $103,240 $98,750 $171,250 $66,250 $20,181 

South 127 $107,795 $106,250 $175,000 $61,250 $22,933 

West 103 $109,600 $108,750 $156,250 $48,750 $19,414 

*- The four major regions of the United States as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for which data are presented represent groups 

of states as follows: 

Northeast. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. 

Midwest. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin. 

South. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. 

West. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, 

Wyoming. 



Table 6: Masters Health Physics and Primary Employer 

Masters Health Physics 

& Primary Employer 

Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

Federal Government 28 $116,875 $117,500 $153,750 $81,250 $16,024 

Medical 17 $108,603 $103,750 $161,250 $56,250 $25,685 

Consultant 15 $110,917 $103,750 $151,250 $81,250 $21,168 

University 22 $94,091 $91,250 $133,750 $61,250 $21,716 

National Laboratory 19 $114,145 $108,750 $148,750 $93,750 $15,729 

Government Contractors 23 $109,130 $103,750 $175,000 $78,750 $22,289 

Nuclear Power Utility 13 $114,327 $111,250 $163,750 $81,250 $24,477 

Other Commercial 12 $123,333 $115,000 $173,750 $86,250 $29,073 

Table 7: All CHPs by Other Certifications 

All CHPs by Other Certifications Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

ABIH 15 $124,667 $121,250 $175,000 $96,250 $24,796 

ABR 10 $117,000 $116,250 $168,750 $91,250 $24,096 

NRRPT 66 $105,606 $101,250 $166,250 $48,750 $23,613 

PE 18 $111,250 $107,500 $153,750 $48,750 $26,830 

Other 38 $115,888 $116,250 $175,000 $56,250 $29,387 

Table 8: Masters Health Physics and Primary Job Responsibility 

Masters Health Physics & 

Primary Job Responsibility 


Administration 25 $105,350 $103,750 $148,750 $71,250 $21,625 

Applied Health Physics 47 $109,894 $103,750 $175,000 $61,250 $24,124 

Environmental 14 $98,929 $98,750 $143,750 $61,250 $22,155 

Radiological Assessment 12 $115,625 $118,750 $143,750 $88,750 $18,863 

Regulations/Standards 16 $110,313 $117,500 $141,250 $58,750 $23,942 

Power Reactor 12 $120,208 $115,000 $163,750 $93,750 $22,448 

Medical Health Physics 15 $105,583 $103,750 $161,250 $56,250 $27,910 

Table 9: All CHPs by Primary Job Responsibility 

Primary Job Responsibility Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

Administration 36 $108,819 $105,000 $168,750 $71,250 $24,608 

Applied Health Physics 102 $107,243 $103,750 $175,000 $61,250 $21,881 

Dosimetry 30 $110,583 $108,750 $151,250 $83,750 $16,634 

Environmental 31 $101,492 $98,750 $156,250 $48,750 $23,034 

Radiological Assessment 37 $107,736 $106,250 $166,250 $76,250 $24,112 

Regulations/Standards 30 $109,750 $110,000 $148,750 $58,750 $21,602 

Power Reactor 24 $119,688 $116,250 $173,750 $93,750 $22,285 

Medical Health Physics 27 $112,454 $111,250 $171,250 $56,250 $27,877 



Table 10: CHPs as Professional Staff (All CHPs in this category and by Education) 

CHPs as Professional Staff Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

All CHPs in this Category 195 $105,532 $103,750 $168,750 $48,750 $19,493 




Masters Nuclear Engineering 16 $105,625 $97,500 $136,250 $76,250 $21,026 


Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering 11 $108,523 $106,250 $136,250 $81,250 $18,857 


Table 11: CHPs as Supervisor of Professional Staff (All CHPs in this category and by Education) 

CHPs as Supervisor of 

Professional Staff 


All CHPs in this Category 70 $111,464 $108,750 $173,750 $61,250 $22,327 


Table 12: All CHPs as Facility Manager, RPM/RSO, University RSO 

CHPs as RPM/RSO Count Average Median Max Min Std Dev 

All CHPs as Facility Manager 11 $129,659 $123,750 $173,750 $101,250 $24,245 

All CHPs RPM/RSO 31 $118,831 $118,750 $168,750 $71,250 $24,174 

All CHPs University RSO 27 $94,491 $91,250 $148,750 $61,250 $22,063 

All CHPs Medical RSO 13 $104,327 $98,750 $161,250 $76,250 $20,082 

All CHPs University/Med RSO 11 $113,750 $103,750 $168,750 $81,250 $27,681 

Figure 1: Histogram of Table 1 Data, All Full-Time CHPs 

Frequency 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

$45,000 

$55,000 

$65,000 

All Full-Time CHPs 

$75,000 

$85,000 

$95,000 

$105,000 

Volume 17, Number 2 20 December 2007 

$115,000 

$125,000 

Salary USD 

$135,000 

$145,000 

$155,000 

$165,000 

$175,000

Figure 2: Histogram of Table 2 Data, Masters Health Physics CHPs 

Frequency 

14 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

0 

$45,000 

Masters Health Physics CHPs 

$55,000 

$65,000 

$75,000 

$85,000 

$95,000 

$105,000 


Volume 17, Number 2 21 December 2007 

$115,000 

$125,000 

Salary USD 

$135,000 

$145,000 

$155,000 

Figure 3: Histogram of Table 4 Data, all CHPs with > 15 years experience 

Frequency 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

$45,000 

All CHPs >15 Years Experience 

$55,000 

$65,000 

$75,000 

$85,000 

$95,000 

$105,000 

$115,000 

$125,000 

Salary USD 

$135,000 

$145,000 

$155,000 

$165,000 

$165,000 

$175,000 

$175,000

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